Chlorocebus aethiops

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Grivet Monkey

Also as Grivet, Vervet Monkey.
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Location:Ethiopia, Afar or Oromia region, Awash National ParkDate taken:Jul 30, 2012Description : Also as Grivet, Vervet Monkey.

Distribution :

Sudan east of the White Nile, Eritrea, Ethiopia east to the Rift Valley.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2757

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Catarrhini
Superfamily : Cercopithecoidea
Family : Cercopithecidae
Subfamily : Cercopithecinae
Tribe : Cercopithecini
Genus : Chlorocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033820

Original name as described

Simia Æthiops

Other common names

Grivet · Vervet Monkey

Type locality

Sudan, Sennaar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Egypt? · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Djibouti · Sudan · South Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000583

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 24 names and synonyms.

Simia Æthiops

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033820

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Boddaert (1785:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230024) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Gmelin (1788:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  4. Kerr (1792:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  5. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier (1795:462, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6168126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72380)
  6. Wolf (1796:20, 30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  7. Wolf (1796:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  8. Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 2 p. 15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
  9. Shaw (1800:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  10. Turton (1802:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Treviranus (1802:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  12. Goldfuss (1809:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  13. Griffith (1821:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  14. Fischer (1829:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cercopithecus Aethiops

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872835

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  5. Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Voigt (1819:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  7. Ranzani (1820:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
  8. Desmarest (1821:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  9. Schinz (1821:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  10. Lesson (1842:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  11. Schwarz (1926:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45481607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38902)
  12. Schwarz (1928:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
  13. Shortridge (1934:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  14. Hayman (1936:917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
  15. Allen (1939:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  16. Hill & Carter (1941:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  17. Shortridge (1942:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  18. Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)
  19. Setzer (1956:469, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  20. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  21. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  22. Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  23. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  24. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  25. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Simia Ethiops

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ethiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

57

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230021

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Simia engytitthia

(Hermann, 1804)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

engytitthius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13419959

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Simia æthops

(Virey, 1819)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

aethops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)

Cercopithecus griseo-Viridis

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

griseoviridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523825

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
  3. Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Sclater (1872:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  5. Heuglin (1877:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  6. Flower & Lydekker (1891:724, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia subviridis

(F. Cuvier, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

subviridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29096531

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus griseus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528862

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus cano-viridis

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

canoviridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729566

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cercopithecus cinereo-viridis

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cinereoviridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729566

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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